The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1904
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
10:51 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.56° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.14° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.